Dr. Alan E. Wilson

My scientific interests are broad, but generally focus on understanding how variation within and across species influence patterns and processes in aquatic communities along productivity gradients. I use a model system consisting of recently cultured, clonal cyanobacteria and herbivorous zooplankton to study how interactions between these critters influence the development of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. Such events can poison freshwater habitats used for recreation and drinking water. Other research in the lab includes, understanding the effects of invasive species on community structure, meta-analysis, concerns with evaluating the ecological literature, and mutualisms.

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and OceanographyEcological Society of America

JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE — 2014RECOGNITION OF AN IMPORTANT WATER QUALITY ISSUE AT ZOOS: PREVALENCE AND POTENTIAL THREAT OF TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA

WATER RESEARCH — 2014Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii dominates under very low and high nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratios

BOOK CHAPTER — 2013Role of Selective Grazing by Dreissenid Mussels in Promoting Toxic Microcystis Blooms and Other Changes in Phytoplankton Composition in the Great Lakes

BOOK CHAPTER— 2013ECOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CYANOBACTERIALBLOOMS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

WATER RESEARCH — 2013Do high concentrations of microcystin prevent Daphnia control of phytoplankton?

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, PART D — 2013Altered expression of Na+/K+–ATPase and other osmoregulatory genes in the gills of euryhaline animals in response to salinity transfer: A meta-analysis of 59 quantitative PCR studies over 10 years

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES — 2008Evaluation of the human health threat associated with the hepatotoxin microcystin in the muscle and liver tissues of yellow perch (Perca flavescens)